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Need to create a file in a folder in My Documents using c#

I am developing a Windows Application and I need to create a file in the following folder: My Documents\HWLocal77\Exports

Here is the code that I am using:

string CensusFileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + @"\HWLocal77\Exports\Census_" + curDate.Month.ToString() + curDate.Year.ToString() + ".txt"

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When my code tries to open the file I get the following error message:
Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\username\Documents\HWLocal77\Exports\Census_52015.txt'.

In tracing the error, C:\Users\username exists. Documents folder does not exist but My Documents folder does.

Can anyone tell me what I need to change so I can access the My Documents\HWLocal77\Exports folder regardless of which machine the application is installed on?

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arnold

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using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Q_28673387
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string documents = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
            string path = documents + @"\HWLocal77\Exports\";
            DateTime curDate = DateTime.Now;
            try
            {
                // If the directory doesn't exist, create it.
                if (!Directory.Exists(path))
                {
                    Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
                }
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                if (e.Source != null) Console.WriteLine("OOPS, We have a problem {0}", e.Source);
            }
            string filename = "Census_" + curDate.Month.ToString() + curDate.Year.ToString() + ".txt";
            Console.WriteLine("OK so far, hit enter to exit");
            Console.ReadLine();

        }
    }
}

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dyarosh

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Using your suggestion I checked to see if the path exists and discovered one of my folders had a space in it that was missing in my string. The Documents folder mapped to the My Documents folder. Your suggestion helped lead me to the answer.